Hosiery



Aug. 31 1926.

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Patented 31,' 192614 i UNITED STATES P. 1E1\Vlr`=y OFFICE,

FRANK L. CHLPMAN, OF EAst'LON, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOE MILLS, OE EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA,

p To cIIIPMAN KNITTING A COEPOEATION OE rENNsYLvANIA, f

HOSIERY.

Application filed .Tan-nary 25, 1924. .Serial No. 688,441.

My improvements relate to the .employ-- ment of metallic thread'in connection with the knitting of certain selected courses of stockings, ,preferably in the region of welt of long hose, or the top of short hose, said Courses being` knit with metallic threads that increases the constrictive Or gripping.

qualities of such courses relative to the fabric body knit, helping to` sustain the stocking in place, acting as anti-ravel bands, and appearing by coitrast of the luster of the metal, as ornamental and `characterizing horizontal stripes about the stockings. v

In the drawings, Fig. I represents in outline long hose conveniently `embodying my kF ig. II is an enlarged view Aof that por= tion of the stocking fabric within-the rec-- knit with a fine metallic thread which is sufficiently flexible to permit of its being worked by the needles of `a knitting machine, yet adequately strong to set up the constrictive qualitiesdesired as hereinafter explained.

Referring first to Figs. I, II and III ofv the drawings, it will be observed that the long hose as therein shown has a deep welt 2, and immediately below said welt, a hori- .zontal circumferential stripe 3 containing metallic.. thread. This stripe 3 is formed in the present instance by knitting a metallic thread 4 conjointly with the ordinary or body yarn 5 Afrom which the rest of the stocking is knit, for several successive courses, for example threesuch courses being illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. II. 'Ihe resultofthe course or courses thus knit with metallic thread 4 is to give to the upper part of the stocking a greater constrictive or gripping capacity than possible of attainment in astocking knit wholly from metal thread tends to `retract thestripe or' band 3 to its original positionafter it has been expanded in use. `Or,A in other words, the stripe4 3 embodying knit metallic-thread 4 is resistive of expansion to a relatively greater degree than the body fabric of silk or other yarn'fand thus performs to some extent the fction of a garter to hold the stocking in place on the leg of the wearer, such tendency remaining permanent notwithstanding subsequent laundering of the stocking.A Another. function ,ofal course or `courses knit with metallic thread 4 is to, check raveling, the .fabric loops knit `with such, metallicthread 4 possessing suiiicient cui set to resist downward ravel along any given.-

wale wherein one of the loops above the course or courses has broken. For example, if in the stocking shown in Fig. I, such a break occurs anywhere in the welt 2, (and this is where rupture'is usually occasioned by pinching during attachment of a garten), l

the downward ravel which is thereupon liable to ensue, is checked at the courseor courses containing the metallic thread 4and proceeds no further.

Although the metallic thread 4 may bev incorporated in the fabric after the of splicing yarn, I preferably so feed it to the needles as to overlie the face side ofv the fabric." Such a relation of the threads may be had by a well known method ordinarily termed plaiting. The stripe produced` in this way is therefore ornamental as well as useful in .the manner above explained.

. In Fig. IV, I have illustrated an infants hose having a ribbed top 10-with three sepa;

rate horizontal stripes ll, each of which is knit' in accordance with my invention with metallic thread 4 as shown in Fig. V. `In this instance the metallic thread 4 is .knit for three successive courses by itself, i. e., without employing any of the body yarn 5 from which the remainder ofthe stocking is knit. Here, as in the first described embodiinent, the constrictive power of the knitted metallic thread gives the top 10 of the, stocking permanent power of `grippage around the calf of the leg after the manner f of a/garter to hold the stocking in place, aty

the same time serving the further useful function of preventing raveling, cotton or silk yarn, since the knitting of the It is of course to be understood that I do `not wish to be limited to the precise alloca` as herein specifically described, since the positioning may obviously be varied in accordance with the character or style of the 15 ing oney or more courses of metallic thread.-

hosiery Without departing from the Spirit of my invention.

rHaving thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A stocking knit of textile material hav-l ing one or more courses of metallic thread to form an anti-ravel constictive stripe.

2. A stocking knit ofitextile material having one or more horizontal courses of metallic thread thereby providing an antiravel constrictive stripe or stripes.

3. A stocking knit of textile material havin the region of the welt to provide an antiravel constrictive stripe or stripes.

4. A stocking knit of textile material having one or more courses Wholly of metallic thread to form anti-ravel constrictive portions functional as a garter.

5. A stocking knit of textile material having one or more courses of metallic thread plated relative to the body yarn to form an anti-ravel constrictive stripe functional also as a garter.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my-name at Easton, Pennsylvania, this 19th day of January, 1924.

` FRANK L. CHIPMN. 

